The Federation Center, as the most prosperous and core star zone in the entire Federation, has an overall resident strength level of B or above.
Especially in the last two years, it has become even more complicated.
As more and more high-caliber people have applied for admission to the Federal Center in the past two years, the overall strength of the Federal Center's residents has also risen, and the pressure to survive is extremely great. If he hadn't been lucky enough to be accepted by a major media company in the early years when the standards were not so strict, he probably wouldn't be qualified to work in the Federal Center.
Liao Jin, whose indicators in all aspects are twice as high as those of ordinary Beta, couldn't help but think so with emotion.
Although Liao Jin belongs to the upper elite of Beta, he is nothing when placed in the federal center.
Not to mention Alpha, there are a lot of Betas who are better than him. After seven or eight years of struggling, Liao Jin can be said to have regressed instead of made any progress. If it weren't for his qualifications, he would have been the one to be laid off when the company laid off employees some time ago.
If this continues, sooner or later he will be included in the company's layoff list, which is really giving Liao Jin a headache.
But in his line of work at a media company, hard work doesn't always guarantee performance returns. Too many factors influence the economy, personal connections, and background.
Just like a while ago, the company had just signed a big "game advertising" contract, but it was not his turn to contact it.
Moreover, this large order almost monopolized their advertising department, taking up all prime time slots, including three consecutive prime time periods in the morning, noon and evening.
The company did make a lot of profit, but when other customers saw this situation, they cancelled their orders one after another, saying they didn’t want to talk anymore, or asked for an extension until the hype had passed. Otherwise, these customers would spend their money but get no publicity and their limelight would be overshadowed. Who would be willing to do that?
Especially during the period following the promotional period for "Interstellar," prices were about to drop to rock bottom, with no customers willing to touch them, or even talk about them!
Liao Jin had a terrible headache, because he had three or four clients this month, three of whom had originally intended to work with him during this period. However, now that the advertisement for the game "Star Romance" had been launched, they had cancelled their orders one after another, saying they would cooperate next time. Some clients even refused to pay any attention to Liao Jin.
If there were not two or three familiar small clients who were willing to pay a deposit first and extend the contract, Liao Jin would have thought that his performance this month would be zero and he would be out of money.
Just when Liao Jin was feeling extremely frustrated, a light computer contact number came in from across the star region.
Liao Jin had a vague impression of this optical computer number. It seemed to be the contact number of a staff member of a large agency in a nearby secondary star region. They had worked together before and had a good chat. They were considered casual business friends.
But why was he contacting him now? It seemed like there hadn't been any collaborative projects between their two star systems recently.
Liao Jin couldn't help but think so, but based on professional instinct, he still answered the call.
Just after chatting for a few sentences, Liao Jin's eyes couldn't help but widen. His body, which had been slumped in the chair like it had no bones, suddenly straightened up. He replied with this sentence in disbelief, and even his voice was a little out of tune with fear.
"What? What are you talking about? You mean... a client wants to book the advertising slot after the big game 'Star Romance'? Are you kidding me, little bro? Don't you know the situation here? Don't tell me I didn't warn you, the price of advertising space during these times has dropped to rock bottom. No client wants to be outshined, do you understand?"
"We get it, we get it, of course we get it. The lower the price, the better. We can save a lot of money. Besides, we don't want the ad space after 'Interstellar'. Let's calculate the total price, brother. See how much it would cost to buy all the ad space after 'Interstellar' and give us a discount~"
I have to say, at this moment, Liao Jin really didn't understand.
But since there are customers coming to his door, it is a good thing. No matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat. The number is still quite large. If you add it all up, his performance this month is pretty good.
So, Liao Jin quickly struck up a conversation with the person on the other end. Although the other party's request was strange, he paid the bill quite promptly, as if he was afraid that someone would take the seat.
Moreover, the other party's demand is quite urgent. They said that if there are no major problems, they can start advertising tomorrow, and they will send the promotional advertising materials now.
After Liao Jin received it and opened it, he found that the thing that was being promoted was actually a game. It seemed to be a game called "Xianxia Qiyuan"?
However, what Liao Jin didn't know was that strange requests like this were not only happening in the Federal Center, but also in several surrounding secondary star regions.
The big media agencies in other secondary star zones didn't even think too much about it. They thought that some dupes were buying the products because of the low prices during that time period. They didn't think as much as Liao Jin did and the transactions were completed quickly. Some of them were even afraid that the other party would run away, so they offered buy two get one free, buying half and giving half away.
Even if she bought half and gave half away, Tang Tang's small treasury would have been empty long ago. She even dared not to look at the IOU written to her by the other agency. She felt that she would faint after seeing the many zeros at the end of the IOU.
Of course, except Tang Tang, everyone else was very excited at this moment.
The agent who was in charge of helping to communicate with other star zone media companies was even more so. After confirming the details with Liao Jin of the Federal Center, he rushed over excitedly and made a "OK, no problem" gesture to Tang Tang.
It was after making this gesture that the agent couldn't help but be curious and asked a question carefully.
"Now that the advertising space has been arranged, Ms. Tangmu, our company's management has also stated that they can exempt you from the advertising fees you'll incur this time. As long as you're willing to continue cooperating with us for Star Network access and promotion after "Xianxia Qiyuan", it will be fine. But Ms. Tangmu... are you really confident that you can attract most of the players? Including the students of the Federal Central Military Academy?"
"No, that's not quite right. Of course, I have a certain degree of confidence in myself, but what makes me more confident is not anything else, but the experience accumulated by the veterans over a lifetime!"
Hearing the question from his agent, Tang Tang couldn't help but laugh.
It was obvious that the agent on the other side did not understand what Tang Tang said. Perhaps only Zhang Shang, who followed Tang Tang to prepare all this, could understand what Tang Tang meant.
But it doesn't matter anymore, because now they just need to wait one night, and when tomorrow comes, they will be able to inspect the results of all this.
The evening passed quickly, especially for people living in the busy Federal Center.
However, recently, their spirits have found a place to rest. Following the huge hit game "Star Trek", a new large-scale game called "Star Trek" has finally emerged.
Although the price is a bit high, it seems to be very fun, even more fun than Star Trek.
The mysterious and uniquely beautiful buildings inside, as well as the fantasy battle pets that seem a bit strange but make people want to take another look at them, all make them feel very novel, and they can't let go of them. It feels very fun.
Jiang Feng is one of the players who was attracted by "Star Romance". After seeing the overwhelming game advertisements of "Star Romance" yesterday, he couldn't help but buy the game to play. Then he couldn't stop playing it. He found it so fun that he accidentally played it all night.
Fortunately, his mental strength level was not low, so staying up all night for one or two did not have much impact. It was just a pity that he had to catch up on many strategy-related courses in the military academy this morning, so Jiang Feng could not continue playing. He could only exit the game and set off in a hurry.
When he was on the way to pick up his girlfriend to go to the next college for classes, he couldn't help but introduce the game "Star Romance" to his girlfriend, wanting to invite his girlfriend to play the game with him, saying that the game was very fun.
Even Jiang Feng's girlfriend, Xiao Ai, listened without any particular reaction. On the contrary, Xiao Ai, a very ordinary Omega, couldn't quite understand what was so fun about a game like that. Wasn't it just like military training? Wasn't it enough to toss around in school? And then there was the need to toss around during breaks. Wasn't that tiring? Or did all Alphas just love to fight and kill?
But Jiang Feng wanted to play games with Xiao Ai. The main reason was that they went to different schools and didn’t have much time to meet each other, so Jiang Feng cherished the time he and Xiao Ai spent together to rest.
But Jiang Feng wanted to play games again. Don't ask, the truth is that one person can't be split into two halves, so he wanted his girlfriend to play games with him.
In order to attract his girlfriend's interest in "Star Romance", Jiang Feng talked a lot about the beautiful and mysterious architectural scenery in "Star Romance", as well as the very different and cute fantasy battle pets.
After hearing this, Xiao Ai finally became interested and asked Jiang Feng if he had lied to her. Is the fantasy battle pet really that cute and will it interact with you?
"Of course. Yesterday, I was so surprised by how close those pets were to me that I couldn't help but give them a few extra rubs. I even managed to get that plush pet you've always wanted. Seriously, I'm not kidding! Oh, and I remember seeing an ad for 'Star Romance' nearby yesterday, so I went over to play it. How about I take you to see the ad now? See if you like it?"
As he spoke, Jiang Feng changed the automatic driving mode of the hover car to manual driving mode, looked around, and found the location of the nearest large light screen billboard.
Not far in front of this large light screen billboard, a number of passing hover cars also stopped one after another.
It seems that everyone is in a similar situation. After playing "Star" for the first time yesterday, they were all amazed by it and couldn't help but introduce it crazily to their little friends. The best and most direct way to introduce it is to show them the advertisement of "Star".
Although the gameplay of "Star Trek" is a bit similar to "Star Trek", as soon as this thought flashed through their minds, they were attracted by the beautiful architectural scenery and beautiful combat pets in "Star Trek". They quickly threw away this slight sense of strangeness, enthusiastically recommended it to their companions, and told them about their feelings after playing the game.
It happens that around this time, it is the prime time for everyone to go to school or work in the morning, which is also the prime time for the advertising of "Interstellar".
So, in the next moment, "Star Romance", which was different from most other game design graphics on the market, was magnificently displayed in front of everyone.
The beautiful game graphics and the extremely vivid interaction between battle pets and players completely attracted passers-by, not to mention the players next to them who had already experienced the game yesterday, thought it was very good, and were crazily recommending it to others.
I have to say that after seeing the CG advertisement for the game "Star Romance", Jiang Feng's Omega girlfriend Xiao Ai was really moved, mainly because of the highly interactive and cute battle pets.
Xiao Ai has always wanted to raise a furry battle pet, but because she is allergic to furry things, she had to give up the idea. But now the battle pets in "Star Romance" are introduced. The battle pets are smart and can play with players, which really makes Xiao Ai a little interested.
If you play games mainly in the Star Network, you can get a fluffy pet without suffering from fur allergies. Why not do it?
Thinking about it this way, Xiao Ai felt that it seemed pretty good, especially since her boyfriend said that this game was fun, and she was a little tempted for a moment.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ai said to her boyfriend Jiang Feng:
"I feel like this 'Interstellar Romance' looks really fun, so why don't I try it out too?"
Does this mean that the girlfriend agrees to play games with him? Hearing this, Jiang Feng was also very happy. After chatting with Xiao Ai for a while about the fun things they did playing games last night, he planned to drive away in the hover car.
Because he had seen the game advertisement yesterday, now when the words "Welcome to "Star Romance"" appeared on the advertisement screen, it meant that the game advertisement had been played out, there was nothing more to watch, and he could leave.
However, just as Jiang Feng was about to start the hovercraft, Xiao Ai grabbed his clothes and said to him:
"Wait, Fengfeng, it looks like this game commercial isn't over yet. It seems like there's more to come. And why does the game CG that just switched seem even better than the previous one?"
"Anything else? Nothing more, right? I've seen the commercial for this game, but it only ended there, didn't it...?"
Jiang Feng said this subconsciously, but seeing that his girlfriend Xiao Ai's eyes still didn't turn in his direction, but were still looking at the advertising screen over there, Jiang Feng subconsciously looked in the direction his girlfriend was looking.
Then, he really discovered that the game advertisements seemed to be endless. Now, the buildings with unique styles and strong recognition appeared on the advertising screen, but the pictures that appeared this time were indeed more beautiful and vivid than the previous ones, making people feel as if they were immersed in a completely different world all of a sudden!
Did a different game designer create the CG ad? Clearly, the designer behind this second ad possesses far greater mental power than the previous one. This mental power is so strong that it instantly evokes the unique atmosphere of the game world, drawing anyone who sees it into the experience.
But why is there such a difference in production quality in the advertising images for the same game?
Jiang Feng thought so subconsciously, but before he could figure out the reason, a burst of exclamations suddenly rang in his ears, which made Jiang Feng's attention focus on the game CG advertisement again.
At this moment, the originally extremely beautiful scene suddenly caught fire. The lush green trees were swallowed by the red flames and burned into charred black carbon. The dirty mist began to spread and swallowed up this extremely beautiful world. The shadows of countless famous ferocious beasts passed by this dirty and dark land.
Destruction, fighting, war, death.
In just a blink of an eye, the originally beautiful paradise on earth has turned into a terrifying hell on earth, making people's breathing uncomfortable and rapid, and even unable to bear to watch any longer.
However, at this moment, a slightly hoarse male voice suddenly came from the screen, and the hoarse male voice said:
"I'm not a hero, I'm just a coward, but from now on, I won't take a single step back. Follow me, my friends. As long as I'm here, home is there."
As the male voice was uttered, the back of an Alpha warrior covered in wounds appeared on the screen, and in front of him was a brutal beast that was several times taller than him.
But there is more than one such voice and figure.
The next moment, one different voice after another, accompanied by one different silhouette after another, appeared in the picture.
"I'm nothing, just an ordinary person who couldn't be more ordinary, but... I want to be a warrior, a warrior who can protect everyone."
This is the voice of a Beta, a Beta voice that couldn't be more ordinary.
"I know I'm weak, and maybe I should stay where you protect me, but this is also my home. Can I contribute to this family? Even if it's just a little bit!"
This is the voice of an Omega. Her voice sounds very weak and soft, but the firmness revealed in her voice is no less than anyone else's!
"You all say I'm too young to fight on the battlefield, but I'm not a child anymore. I'm grown up and can think for myself. I can make my own decisions. One day, I'll make you feel that I'm as reliable as any other soldier."
This is the voice of a young boy, his voice is childish, but he is brave and fearless, and his posture is no less impressive than anyone else!
"As we get older, we often can't keep up with the pace and thinking of young people. But it doesn't matter, children. When you feel confused or tired, you can look back. I am always here, and I will be your strongest support..."
This was the hoarse voice of an old man. He even needed the support of a cane to keep moving forward, but no one could ignore his determined back as he kept moving forward.
The future belongs to the young people, but their past experience and knowledge will become the strongest support for children in the future.
As voices rang out one after another and different figures approached, Jiang Feng seemed to have many figures appearing before his eyes, many similar yet different figures that appeared in his life. They influenced his life, became his friends, classmates, mentors, and elders, supporting him to move forward and shaping the Jiang Feng of today.
His vision had become blurred, but his heart was warmer and more intense than ever, as if he wanted to do something, and he wanted to do it right now.
At this moment, a dazzling ray of sunlight, like the breaking of dawn, shone directly from the front, lengthening and enlarging the figures of the group of people who were blocking the ferocious beast in front. The huge reflections formed by these figures looked like the silhouette of a prosperous city.
"——In this world, no one is born to be an ordinary person."
"—You are all heroes, all of you, one in a million."
"——Come, we are waiting for you here, waiting for you to create your own miracle in this world!"
As the game's advertising slogans appeared one after another, Jiang Feng's blood began to boil! He felt that from this moment on, he would praise "Interstellar Romance" to everyone! In his mind, the game's promotional CG for "Interstellar Romance" was the most amazing promotional CG that there was no other in the world!
Originally, Jiang Feng really thought so, but just when he was so excited that he almost couldn't help but yell, he was stunned by the game name that popped up at the end.
The next moment, a line of large characters popped up on the advertising screen, and the characters read:
"Welcome to "Xianxia Qiyuan", "Xianxia Qiyuan" is waiting for the arrival of every hero!"
Jiang Feng: Hmm???
Wait, that's not right. Isn't this "Star Wars"? How did it suddenly become "Xianxia Romance"?
So that meant the game promotional CG ad he just saw wasn't for "Star Romance," but for another large-scale game called "Xianxia Romance"?
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